Charting the trends – latest weekly air capacity and flight frequency insights (week 40, 2022)

They say ‘a picture paints a thousand words’. In this regular section CTC – Corporate Travel Community incorporates and expands on the popular charts produced in the 2020 air capacity series ‘Coronavirus Statistics Snapshot’. These are sourced from CAPA - Centre for Aviation analysis of OAG schedule data and incorporates seat detail from CAPA's own database. It offers a weekly look at how the pandemic is impacting global flight levels and seat capacity in the world’s largest markets.        

Headline global air travel system data for week commencing 03-Oct-2022

Departure frequencies down -3.25% versus last week; up +16.39% versus 2021; up +53.33% versus 2020 and down -17.41% versus 2019.

Seat capacity down -2.71% versus last week; up +27.72% versus 2021; up +84.86% versus 2020 and down -18.34% versus 2019.

Global air travel system data by region for week commencing 03-Oct-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest airlines by system seat capacity for the week commencing 03-Oct-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest airports by system seat capacity for the week commencing 03-Oct-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Domestic air travel for week commencing 03-Oct-2022

Departure frequencies down -4.07% versus last week; up +6.81% versus 2021; up +30.18% versus 2020 and down -13.72% versus 2019.

Seat capacity down -4.34% versus last week; up +8.11% versus 2021; up +31.92% versus 2020 and down -9.47% versus 2019.

Largest country and territories by domestic departing frequencies for the week commencing 03-Oct-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest country and territories by domestic seat capacity for the week commencing 03-Oct-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest airlines by domestic seat capacity for the week commencing 03-Oct-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest airports by domestic seat capacity for the week commencing 03-Oct-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

International air travel for week commencing 03-Oct-2022

Departure frequencies down -1.34% versus last week; up +46.13% versus 2021; up +156.95% versus 2020 and down -24.73% versus 2019.

Seat capacity down -1.25% versus last week; up +51.35% versus 2021; up +182.45% versus 2020 and down -24.69% versus 2019.

Largest country and territories by international departing frequencies for the week commencing 03-Oct-2022 

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest country and territories by international seat capacity for the week commencing 03-Oct-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest airlines by international seat capacity for the week commencing 03-Oct-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG

Largest airports by international seat capacity for the week commencing 03-Oct-2022

Source: CAPA and OAG